Solna, Sweden, 2017-Jun-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sales in the Swedish ICA stores increased by 3.1% in May 2017 compared with the corresponding month last year. Sales in like-for-like stores increased by 2.4%.
| May 2017 | January – May 2017 | |||||
| Store sales excl. VAT |
Mkr | Change all stores | Change like-for-like | Mkr | Change all stores | Change like-for-like |
| Maxi ICA Stormarknad | 2,955 | 3.3% | 3.3% | 13,878 | 2.1% | 2.1% |
| ICA Kvantum | 2,366 | 4.6% | 2.3% | 11,253 | 3.5% | 1.7% |
| ICA Supermarket | 2,976 | 2.9% | 2.3% | 13,951 | 2.3% | 1.8% |
| ICA Nära | 1,457 | 1.1% | 1.2% | 6,779 | 2.0% | 2.1% |
| Total | 9,754 | 3.1% | 2.4% | 45,861 | 2.5% | 1.9% |
In May 2017, sales in the Swedish ICA stores totalled SEK 9,754 million excluding VAT, which is an increase of 3.1% compared with the same month in the previous year. Sales in January-May 2017 amounted to SEK 45,861 million, an increase of 2.5% compared with the previous year.
ICA Gruppen estimates the calendar effect for May to be 0%.
At 31 May 2017, the number of ICA stores in Sweden was 1,293. Store sales for June will be published on 10 July 2017 at 08.45 CET.
To see all publication dates in 2017, please visit ICA Gruppen’s website http://www.icagruppen.se/en/investors/calendar.
For more information:
ICA Gruppen press service
Telephone number: +46 10 422 52 52
Source: ICA Gruppen